Set during the Edo period, a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Tokei-ji, is known as the "divorce temple" as it is a place where Edo women flee to seek divorce. The temple is run by Nakamura Shinjiro, a young doctor and author along with his aunt Genbei, who runs an inn by the temple. Through all the divorces, Shinjiro learns many about the women and finds out that divorce can come out from both love and hate. Together with the master of Kashiwaya, Shinjiro becomes a "divorce arbitrator" and help these women with complex pasts create a new beginning. Along the way, Shinjiro falls in love with one of the kakekomi women.